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any_o how_o as_o we_o say_v as_o with_o a_o man_n that_o be_v their_o fellow_n they_o know_v he_o not_o psal_n 50._o 21._o these_o thing_n have_v thou_o do_v and_o i_o keep_v silence_n and_o thou_o think_v i_o be_v altogether_o such_o a_o one_o as_o thyself_o and_o what_o thing_n they_o have_v do_v and_o be_v guilty_a of_o see_v if_o thou_o have_v not_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o same_o or_o like_a the_o 18_o 19_o &_o 20_o verse_n show_v when_o thou_o see_v a_o thief_n than_o thou_o consent_v with_o he_o and_o have_v be_v partaker_n with_o adulterer_n thou_o give_v thy_o mouth_n to_o evil_a and_o thy_o tongue_n frame_v deceit_n thou_o sit_v and_o speak_v against_o thy_o brother_n thou_o slandere_v thy_o own_o mother_n son_n and_o god_n be_v silent_a or_o long-suffering_a the_o like_o you_o have_v isa_n 57_o 11_o 12._o of_o who_o have_v thou_o be_v afraid_a that_o thou_o have_v lie_v and_o have_v not_o remember_v i_o nor_o lay_v it_o to_o thy_o heart_n have_v not_o i_o hold_v my_o peace_n even_o of_o old_a and_o thou_o fear_v i_o not_o etc._n etc._n but_o mark_v what_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o all_o this_o in_o psal_n 50._o 21._o it_o follow_v but_o i_o will_v reprove_v thou_o and_o set_v they_o in_o order_n afore_o thou_o they_o have_v never_o feel_v the_o smart_n of_o his_o anger_n in_o all_o their_o life_n and_o little_a thought_n that_o the_o lion_n be_v in_o he_o but_o it_o follow_v consider_v this_o you_o that_o forget_v god_n lest_o i_o tear_n you_o in_o piece_n and_o there_o be_v none_o to_o deliver_v oh_o take_v heed_n and_o turn_v to_o he_o or_o on_o the_o sudden_a he_o will_v start_v up_o like_o a_o mighty_a lion_n and_o tear_v your_o soul_n in_o piece_n as_o a_o giant_n may_v do_v cobweb_n and_o prey_n upon_o the_o blood_n of_o your_o very_a soul_n and_o break_v the_o bone_n thereof_o as_o a_o lion_n can_v of_o the_o most_o silly_a creature_n add_v to_o this_o meditation_n consider_v what_o it_o be_v to_o die_v and_o what_o the_o state_n and_o condition_n 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as_o rom._n 12._o 19_o vengeance_n be_v i_o i_o will_v recompense_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v let_v i_o alone_o with_o it_o 2._o in_o that_o when_o he_o will_v set_v out_o the_o severeness_n of_o this_o punishment_n which_o be_v his_o profess_a aim_n ver_fw-la 29._o as_o infinite_o exceed_v all_o those_o kind_n of_o corporal_a death_n in_o moses_n law_n he_o infer_v the_o soreness_n of_o this_o from_o god_n himself_o as_o the_o avenger_n we_o know_v he_o that_o have_v thus_o say_v vengeance_n be_v i_o that_o be_v what_o a_o great_a and_o powerful_a god_n he_o be_v the_o saint_n only_o know_v god_n by_o faith_n in_o himself_o and_o his_o greatness_n as_o heb._n 11._o and_o that_o so_o as_o no_o other_o man_n in_o this_o life_n do_v and_o by_o what_o we_o know_v of_o he_o and_o the_o apprehension_n we_o have_v of_o he_o we_o can_v but_o forwarn_v what_o that_o punishment_n must_v needs_o be_v when_o god_n himself_o shall_v thus_o solemn_o profess_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o avenger_n 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have_v suffer_v reproach_n and_o spoil_v of_o their_o good_n as_o peter_n write_v to_o the_o same_o jew_n hereupon_o peter_n pertinent_o instruct_v they_o to_o commit_v the_o keep_n of_o their_o soul_n unto_o god_n at_o death_n you_o know_v it_o be_v that_o when_o man_n body_n be_v destroy_v and_o so_o the_o season_n when_o their_o soul_n to_o be_v separate_v therefrom_o shall_v be_v commit_v to_o god_n care_n as_o our_o darling_n as_o our_o translation_n or_o lovely_a soul_n when_o separate_a ainsw_n psal_n 22._o see_v ainsw_n as_o other_o as_o christ_n in_o david_n speak_v ps_n 22._o and_o peter_n have_v in_o his_o eye_n christ_n example_n and_o point_v they_o thereunto_o who_o at_o his_o death_n commit_v his_o separate_a soul_n or_o spirit_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n luk._n 23._o 46._o and_o the_o word_n commit_v be_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o same_o in_o both_o these_o place_n only_o there_o be_v this_o difference_n that_o whereas_o christ_n say_v 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